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	21-05-2013 #9Ditto on using heavy sections, I bought a job lot cheap on ebay a year or two ago and it was a mix of light and heavy, the light is much weaker and only really any good for display cabs.I have worked up the final drawings and going with Jazz's approach on the use of 80x40 heavy extrusions
 
 If you can, go for the profile rails on the z axis as this is always going to be the weakest section, loaded as a cantilever and also eccentric loading from the weight of the z axis.Perhaps I will have to have HIWIN on the Z and build in some upgrade paths for HIWIN on X and Y in the future if I find the machine needs it.
 
 Ok this is only my opinion and I realise that there are lots of machines that20mm plate for the gantry sides. have been built this way and work fine but to me it is a very inefficient way too do it. The gantry sides are the final link in the chain of transmitting force  to the ground so really need to be treated as beams/columns. I would go for using 4040 extrusion with 6mm plates either side, probably the same weight but much stiffer. Again I'm not criticising using plate, it just not the way I would do it. have been built this way and work fine but to me it is a very inefficient way too do it. The gantry sides are the final link in the chain of transmitting force  to the ground so really need to be treated as beams/columns. I would go for using 4040 extrusion with 6mm plates either side, probably the same weight but much stiffer. Again I'm not criticising using plate, it just not the way I would do it.  
 
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